2001年考研英语完形

2001年考研英语（一）试题

Section II Cloze Test

Directions:

For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases ___31___ the trial of Rosemary West.

In a significant ___32___ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a ___33___ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses ___34___ and will strictly control the amount of ___35___ that can be given to a case ___36___ a trial begins.

In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he ___37___ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not ___38___ sufficient control.

___39___ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a ___40___ of media protest when he said the ___41___ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges ___42___ to Parliament.

The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which ___43___ the European Convention on Human Rights legally ___44___ in Britain, laid down that everybody was ___45___ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

“Press freedoms will be in safe hands ___46___ our British judges,” he said.

Witness payments became an ___47___ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were ___48___ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised ___49___ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate

their stories in court to ___50___ guilty verdicts.

31. [A] as to

[B] for instance

[C] in particular

[D] such as

32. [A] tightening

[B] intensifying

[C] focusing

[D] fastening

33. [A] sketch

[B] rough

[C] preliminary

[D] draft

34. [A] illogical

[B] illegal

[C] improbable

[D] improper

35. [A] publicity

[B] penalty

[C] popularity

[D] peculiarity

36. [A] since

[B] if

[C] before

[D] as

37. [A] sided

[B] shared

[C] complied

[D] agreed

38. [A] present

[B] offer

[C] manifest

[D] indicate

39. [A] Release

[B] Publication

[C] Printing

[D] Exposure

40. [A] storm

[B] rage

[C] flare

[D] flash

41. [A] translation

[B] interpretation

[C] exhibition

[D] demonstration

42. [A] better than

[B] other than

[C] rather than

[D] sooner than

43. [A] changes

[B] makes

[C] sets

[D] turns

44. [A] binding

[B] convincing

[C] restraining

[D] sustaining

45. [A] authorized

[B] credited

[C] entitled

[D] qualified

46. [A] with

[B] to

[C] from

[D] by

47. [A] impact

[B] incident

[C] inference

[D] issue

48. [A] stated

[B] remarked

[C] said

[D] told

49. [A] what

[B] when

[C] which

[D] that

50. [A] assure

[B] confide

[C] ensure

[D] guarantee